For World Food Safety Day Nicaragua focuses on hygiene and health

Jun 17, 2020, 12:06 PM by System

To commemorate World Food Safety Day, the competent authorities responsible for food safety in Nicaragua led several awareness-raising, knowledge-enhancing and team-building initiatives in June 2020. The initiatives were joint efforts coordinated by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce, the Institute of Protection and Agricultural Security, as well as the INFOSAN and the Codex Alimentarius offices.

Information products about “Food safety, everyone’s business”, the theme for the 2020 observance, were shared in a variety of ways, reaching an array of audiences. Mural-inspired posters were produced in the 153 municipalities of Nicaragua. Chats, training activities, hand-washing demonstrations were also held.

 

See the bulletin outlining the celebrations

 

At the heart of the Codex mandate are the core values of collaboration, inclusiveness, consensus building and transparency. Governmental and non-governmental, public and private organizations alike play a vital role in ensuring Codex texts are of the highest quality and based on sound science.

Codex would have little authority in the field of international standard setting if it did not welcome and acknowledge the valuable contributions made by observers. Expert technical bodies, industry and consumer associations contribute to the standard-setting process in a spirit of openness, collaboration and transparency.

Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can apply for observer status in Codex in order to attend and put forward their views at every stage of the standard-setting process.

Current Codex Alimentarius Commission

240
Codex Observers
60
IGOs
164
NGOs
16
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For World Food Safety Day Nicaragua focuses on hygiene and health

Jun 17, 2020, 12:06 PM by System

To commemorate World Food Safety Day, the competent authorities responsible for food safety in Nicaragua led several awareness-raising, knowledge-enhancing and team-building initiatives in June 2020. The initiatives were joint efforts coordinated by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce, the Institute of Protection and Agricultural Security, as well as the INFOSAN and the Codex Alimentarius offices.

Information products about “Food safety, everyone’s business”, the theme for the 2020 observance, were shared in a variety of ways, reaching an array of audiences. Mural-inspired posters were produced in the 153 municipalities of Nicaragua. Chats, training activities, hand-washing demonstrations were also held.

 

See the bulletin outlining the celebrations

 

Codex and Observer

Food is a sensitive commodity, which has travelled
around the world since ancient times.
We might not always know where it comes from,
but we expect it to be available, safe and of good quality.